We’re Off Again

Don’t you love how you can make things up as you go along once you are retired.

We were supposed to be heading off on our latest adventure today……then Mick came up with an idea.  (He often reminds me that he comes up with some good ideas.)  As we were pretty much organised, why not set off late morning yesterday?  This meant we could make a detour and take the scenic route.  It sounded like a good idea to me.

We are headed to Canberra, but rather than go directly through Boorowa, we have headed a little further west to Young.  

Young is one of those towns that is always on the way to somewhere else, so we don’t usually stop to have a good look around.  We did a few years ago come over for the Cherry Festival, but that’s the only time.

We had a nice wander up and down the street.  There are some beautiful old buildings.  You know I love looking at the tops of buildings in country towns.  We were surprised at the size of the shopping area as well as the industrial side of things.  It is apparently the main hub for the region.

Mick was delighted to find a book he has been searching for in one of the op shops.  I must say, the two op shops we visited were large and very well set out.  There is also a lovely wool shop called “The Wool Room”.  Sadly, they didn’t have what I was after.  I’m looking for a red 4 ply hand dyed sock wool to knit another scarf.  They seem to be rather thin on the ground.  Anyway, it was a lovely, well stocked little shop I would like to visit again some time.

We camped the night at the local Showgrounds.  There are some beautiful old pavilions. Apparently, some of them date back to the early 1900s.

We really liked the old sheep sheds.  It would be nice to come back one year to the local show, which is held in September.

We were warned that there would be harness racing on last night.  Most of the activity was on the other side of the arena, so we could hardly even hear it. 

Although we know nothing about harness racing and aren’t really interested, we wandered over to have a look.  It was only a very small crowd watching.

We supported the local Lions Club by buying a steak sandwich each for tea. That was a bonus.

We had a chuckle at one feature.  Hollywood has their big sign, as does Mount Panorama at Bathurst.  It turns out that so does Young, although it isn’t quite as prominent.

Once we returned to our van it was time to cook some pancakes for dessert, as it was Pancake Tuesday.  We always forget to pack something, and this time it was some sugar and golden syrup.  I had remembered to buy some pancake mix (I’m cheating, I’m on holidays).  Anyway, it was a gorgeous evening to be sitting outside enjoying our pancakes.

And to cap it all off, we were treated to a beautiful sunset.